Improvement in the manufacture op ice



. use my said invention or be supplied `with a cock,

ROBERT S. EGBERT, OF GOL VS'InafIEs vPATENT OFFICE.

FAX, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMEN T IN" THE MANUFACTRE .01"V ICE.

Spcci/icafon forming part of Letters Patent No. 80,063, dated July 2]., 1 868.

To all whom it may concer-ii Be it kn of OolfaX,'-county of llacer, nia,`ha ve invented an Forming Ice-and Filling hereby declare the State of Califor- Ice-Houses ble any person skilled in the art or science to which it most nearly appertains to make and outl'rther invention orexperiment.

The nature ot' my invention is. to;provide an improved method of filling ice-houses, by

forming the ice in the house or inclosure, and

state.

,To accomplish this object or inclosure constructed with suitable 'doors and openings ior admitting cold air, and extend through it longitudinally a water pipeor pipes pierced with small holes, andthe water', perforations;4

passing through this pipe and the drops in the forni of spray or otherwise, and eongeals as it falls, the air being` intensifiedin the inclosure or house,

by removing certain portions of the mclosure f'or adi'nitting a freezing atmosphcre l'roin the outside.

To more fully illustrate and describe my invention, reference is had. to the accom panying drawings.

A represents a suitable house or inclosnre, with sliding doors lzl B. Openings may be made in the sides ol' the house and through the roof f'or admitting outside air, especially at night-time, when .the temperature is lower on theoutside of the house than it is inside.

A horizontal pipe, C, passes through the house, the opposite end of which is closed, and may rest on a shelf or bracket, and mayl so that a continuous stream `of water may pass through it. This pipe is pierced with small holes a a a, and is connected, bya union-coupling, to a pipe leading to a hydrant or reservoir. A stop-cock, D, is placed between the coupling and hydrant or supply-pipe, to regulate the dischargeof water through` the perforated pipe, so as to wn that I, ROBERT S. EGBERT,`

Improved Method of improvements with-v the falling spray orl I employ a house' especially in Ythe.

allow no more water to pass through the sprinkler into the ice-house diag, will readily eongeal and 'not freeze up the sprinkler.

The manner of operating maybe described as follows, to wit: Duringfreezing weather, or in the night-time, the doors of the ice-house are opened, and water 'is admitted through the sprinkler O, which, being divided linto small jets, drops, or sprays by passing through it, is quickly and easily chilled to freezing-point while it is at once frozen into a'solid mass, similar to the formation of an iceberg! by sleet. ing a few bushes or limbs of trees, on which water will strike before reaching lthe floor, will form, whichcan be broken of' fromtime to time and allowed to fall upon the floor, td be-increasedn.size to' asolid mass'by'a stant drippingf'ro'm the perforated pipe. :Other devices` maylbe empioyed "fon the 'above' purpose, such as perforatedvessels and the like; but the lone described seems tome to be the best, as the object of water and spreading it out into drops o'r Vthin sheets of spray in limited quantities over a' large surface, so that it maybe quickly chilled,

rs attained.

By this means ice can be made -iu seasons and places where the freezing weather is of short duration, or where the nights are cold and the dayscompaatively warm,. .asv the house can be completely shut up in the'dytime and opened at night. K

Having thus described my ii1vention,;`what I claim, and desire to secure `by.Lettersl'at.

Forming artificial ice in houses or recepta cles by spray, sprinkling or dropping Water througha pipe or pipes, C, or vessels pierced with holes a a a, or their equivalents, substantiall y as described. Y In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal. ROBERT. SEELEY EGBERT. ['L. SJ

Witnesses l LEVI D'. LEEDS, W. A. Hl-NEs.

Vnear .the falling to the floor, where..

The process is further assisted by so )lac` so thatv sleet and icicles;

dividing nie,- 

